Food shortage scare prompted EC decision to end set-aside.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......200-acres - of set-aside in Wales and NFU...world markets. But environmental groups described...the anomaly of set-aside, something which...Evans said agri-environment schemes such as...targeted manner than set-aside. We welcome this...food for chicks. ...

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: COMPETITIVENESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY NOT...

Europe Environment;  July 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Environment - a key pillar of the Lisbon Strategy...is perfectly capable of achieving. Environment Ministers will remind Heads of State...Spring Summit 2005, which has been set aside for reviewing the Lisbon Strategy. The environment is part and parcel of this strategy...mind the general ...

Set-aside's demise brings its problems

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 3, 2007 ;     593 words ......land, formerly set-aside or cropped, in...cost for the environment. I urge farmers...of substantial environmental interest will...cultivate all set-aside no longer exists...well-designed Environmental Stewardship options...targeted manner than set aside has done. ...

Set-aside should be set aside, says Europe; farming.(Business)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  September 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......substantial environmental interest will...cultivate all set-aside no longer exists...included within Environmental Stewardship...announcement on set-aside as it gives...there have been environmental gains from set-aside areas, strips...

ENVIRONMENT-TRADE: RECONCILING TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the conflict between free trade and the environment is likely to prove a headache for delegates...global trade rules from overriding domestic environmental laws. The WTO Secretariat, anticipating...trade sometimes has a negative impact on the environment, but said that it is not to blame as the source of ...

Set-aside's wildlife gains under EC threat

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 29, 2007 ;     310 words ...The huge environmental benefits gained as a result of set-aside could be threatened...country's largest environmental research charities...not to be wiped out. Set-aside land was originally...built into new agri- environment schemes. The trust...Stephen Tapper said ...

Cautious welcome to set-aside move

Lincolnshire Echo;  October 3, 2007 ;     384 words ......decision to scrap the 'set-aside' scheme in 2008...acutely aware that set-aside might still not...said a move to zero set- aside for 2007-08 would...at a cost for the environment." Mr Kendall said...to cultivate all set-aside no longer exist...another area of ...

PAI Marks World Population Day, July 11, 2001; Population, Environment &...

U.S. Newswire;  July 10, 2001 ;     433 words ......Population Day this July 11, a day set aside by the United Nations Population...linkages between population, environment, and development-a linkage...with reproductive health, environment, and development as isolated...improve an individual's health, environment, or socio-economic status...

Longterm grass ley set aside on sandy soils: a case study.

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......non-rotational set-aside (Ministry of Agriculture...and Food, 1998; Environment Agency, 2001...major recognized set-aside land use (Ministry...Food, 1994; 1998; Environment Agency, 2001...Department of the Environment, Food and Rural...DEFRA). Subsequent ...

Reaping rewards of record prices EU to change set-aside policy as tight...

The Scotsman;  September 19, 2007 ;     611 words ......is expected to approve the abolition of compulsory set-aside. It is estimated that 3.8 million hectares is currently in set-aside throughout the EU, with 900,000 hectares, mostly in...Germany, used for non- food crops. Virtually all of the set-aside is likely to be used to grow ...

Euro call for scrapping of set-aside

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  July 11, 2007 ;     240 words ......producers have called for set-aside to be scrapped as floods...by setting the obligatory set-aside rate - currently 10 per...Paul Temple said: "We need set-aside at zero per cent across...stress the need to retain set-aside on environmental grounds. But all ...

Set-aside land to be significantly reduced.(Business)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  February 1, 2008 ;     487 words ......always thought that set-aside has been a tool...considered the environment. The National Farmers...which do not have Environmental Stewardship schemes...which still have set-aside do not plan to...it is wrong to set aside hundreds of thousands...farmers have embraced ...

Birds threatened by the end of set-aside policy.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 5, 2008 ;     456 words ......to cultivate set-aside land to take...balance between environmental protection and...half of former set-aside land would be...signed up to agri-environment schemes. The RSPB said the loss of set-aside on such a scale...wildlife benefits of set-aside across ...

ENVIRONMENT: MERCURY'S NEW FRIENDS.(Editorial)(Column)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 18, 2005 ;     362 words ...When it comes to the environment, the Bush administration...desires to weaken, delay and set aside environmental rules often run into crippling...powers to overhaul many environmental, health and safety regulations...administration has weakened environmental rules for logging sales...

AGRICULTURE COUNCIL : WINE, SUGAR AND SET-ASIDE ON THE AGENDA.

European Report;  July 16, 2007 ;     558 words ......sugar sector and look into the reduction of compulsory set-aside. The Portuguese EU Presidency will present its work...negotiations - bird flu (current situation) - compulsory set-aside. Sweden wants the Commission to set a 0% rate for 2008-20...check-up, one measure of which could be the ...